Fat Free Home Fries
If you’re eating clean and following a fitness plan, you’ll want to steer clear of those fatty, cheesy, sour-creamy and carb-heavy breakfast dishes and focus on a terrific, warm, satisfying and nutritious breakfast entrees and side dishes to help you get started on your day. This Fat Free Home Fries recipe is courtesy of Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts. A little bit of patience caramelizing onions makes all the difference.
Ingredients
- 3 whole russet potatoes - scrubbed and peeled
- 1 whole onion - thinly sliced
- 1/2 small bell pepper - small dice
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 cup water - and more as needed
Instructions
- Cut potatoes into rough cubes or chunks of even size, and team until fork tender (but not crumbling), about 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside to drain and dry (on a towel or a rack).
- Heat 1/4 cup of water in a large non-stick skillet, medium high, and add onion. Cook, stirring frequently, until the water has evaporated and onion begins to stick to the pan.
- Scrape the pan as you add another 1/4 cup water, and continue to cook until the onion once again begins to stick to the pan. Repeat this process, with patience, adding more water and scraping, until the onion is very brown and sweet. This can take as long as 15 minutes.
- When the onion is as brown as you wish, and very soft, add the bell peppers and toss until cooked, but crunchy.
- Add potatoes to onion and peppers and sprinkle with paprika and black pepper. Cook, turning over periodically, and gently with a spatula, until the potatoes are golden brown on the side and edges.
- Serve immediately.
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About Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts
Ziporah Janowski’s passion for and involvement in the weight loss and health world is well established. Her husband David Ettenberg is the owner of Camp Shane, the country’s oldest weight loss camps for children. Wanting to bring Camp Shane’s formula for success to adults, Ziporah founded Shane Diet & Fitness Resorts for adults in 2008 after a successful career as a corporate attorney. Ziporah is so committed to delivering a life changing program, she became a certified wellness chef in 2016, graduating from the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. An avid believer in living a healthy lifestyle, she strives to promote better fitness, nutrition and long-lasting change in both her work life and personal life.
The first time I made this is was okay. It actually does work! I did miss the oil or butter, but not the calories. The second time, I kept it fat free (mostly) by removing the potatoes, peppers and onion from the skillet, spraying it with 1 or 2 sprays of cooking spray, and adding the food back when it was hot again. This gave me slightly crispier brown edges to the potatoes.